Truthout
Poverty
In Paul Ryan’s District, a Community Struggles
The Speaker's plan demonstrates this: his enduring disconnect from the people struggling in his own district and across the United States.
Thanks for Your Service, but Don’t Tell the Kids About It (We Need Them to Enlist)
The benefits of military service are never free. We pay the price for the rest of our lives.
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Street Organizations: Today’s Challenge, Tomorrow’s Hope
Only by accepting these youth on their own terms will today's challenge become tomorrow's hope.
The Rural Sacrifice to Capitalism and Christianity
This piece examines the confluence of capitalism and religious fundamentalism in the environmental destruction of rural communities.
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Our Poverty Myth
The illusion that people are to blame for their own poverty goes back centuries in our culture.
Brazil’s New Government Is Already Planning to Balance the Budget on the Backs of the Poor
Brazil's new right-wing government plans to balance the budget by imposing austerity measures on the nation's poor people.
How One Missouri School District Took on Poverty and a Tornado
The challenges that Joplin faces limit the futures of millions of students in rural, suburban, and inner-city school districts.
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Why the Economy Should Stop Growing — and Just Grow Up
Local initiatives across the world are looking for maturity instead as they rebuild caring, place-based communities and economies.
The Future of the Food Justice Movement
While farmworkers have organized to improve labor conditions in US agriculture, racial injustice in the food system remains.
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Arriving in Erbil and Wondering: What Lies Ahead?
It is somewhat eerie because I see no movement inside or around any of the buildings; none whatsoever.